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CRAPPIE USA 2017 CHAMPIONSHIP
Henry and Jo Haley are shown here Henry. “We get hung in them. We fish
with Darrell Van Vactor as they receive stake beds. It’s no secret, we fish built
their second place awards. They also ‘mater’ stake beds, as in tomato stakes.”
won the Top Male/Female award and the “Mater” is a Tim Ridley term,” clarified
Sportsman of the Year award. Jo. “There is a funny story behind that, for
another time.”
“We will get hung up two or three
was in first place, that was saying that times on a brush pile,” said Henry. “Today
Kentucky Lake and Barkley Lake are both we got hung up two or three times total.
fishing tough. Very tough. Historically you That ain’t very much. With a stake bed
are looking at 20 to 22 pounds in the fall everything is straight up. You run a jig
of the year to be competitive, to win it.” through there and it doesn’t hang very
Second place on the semi-pro side often. It’s not like that old brush.”
went to long time tournament anglers “What we are doing is target fishing,”
Henry and Jo Haley. They also fished explained Henry. “We are spider rigging,
Barkley Lake and they also fished their but we are spider rigging a target. We’re
own stake beds. The Haley’s construct not just out there in the middle of nowhere.
their stake beds and sink them instead of We are fishing multiple poles, usually in a
driving stakes in the mud as Freeman and built stake bed. We caught a couple fish
Bridges do. yesterday on minnows, but never put one
“We don’t fish any brush piles, joked on today. We did use Crappie Nibbles with
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